Cluster approach necessary for SMEs development’

There are areas such as leather and footwear, textile and garments, auto components and electronics, CD approach is very useful. Most of these verticals are driven by high degree of subcontracting, to reduce the transaction cost of subcontracting CD approach can help in - improved networking among different sub contractors and manufacturers, learning of best practices/ benchmarks, leveraging on common hard and soft infrastructure especially for sub contractors. Dr V. Krishnamurthy, while delivering the keynote address at the first Cluster Summit in Chennai, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, he said NMCC is giving importance to cluster development.
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